Well played. But seriously...how would America have responded? Would it have intensified the "bring-them-home" attitude or would it have swayed opinions that these guys are thugs who need their asses kicked?

Which thugs?
Our thugs or their thugs?
Do we even know WHO shot at this plane?
Or will we just go out and blow up a whole lot of somebodies because we're pissed, because that's how we ended up in the clusterfuck in the first place.

Well played. But seriously...how would America have responded? Would it have intensified the "bring-them-home" attitude or would it have swayed opinions that these guys are thugs who need their asses kicked?

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I think it would have inflamed both sides; those who say "We need to kill them bastards" and those who say " This wouldn't have happened if we had got out when this became an unwinnable conflict."